ipodpatcher not identifying my ipod vid. 80g

[s0ccer4liffe]

I've recently been trying to install rockbox on my ipod vid 80g and i've followed the manual step by step but after i downloaded the ipod patcher and tried to install it it wouldnt recognize my ipod. it just says

          "No ipods found, aborting"

could anyone please help me?

[bluebrother]

Are you sure you don't have an Ipod classic? Those come as 80GB variants too, and Rockbox doesn't run on the Classic.

[s0ccer4liffe]

yes im pretty sure its one of the older ones but im not absolutely positive. im doing it for one of my good friends and im not sure which one he got. how could i tell if its an older one or the classic?

[soap]

Older ones have a plastic front and a stainless steel back.
Classics have what appears to be an anodized aluminum front.

[s0ccer4liffe]

thanks alot for the clarification there. but that only furthers my question. it is in fact the older of the two. but the ipodpatcher still wont recognize it. i saw somewhere in the forums an assistant told someone to use "sudo.ipodpatcher" or something like that. how would i go about doing that?

[saratoga]

sudo is the linux equivalent of running as an administrator.  You type "sudo [command]" and its like you logged out and back in as the admin in windows.  Are you running linux?

[s0ccer4liffe]

ohhh i kinda get it now but i have no clue as to what you mean by running linux. im not good with all the technical talk all i know is that i downloaded the current build from rockbox and extracted the files onto the ipod and then i when i tried to run the ipodpatcher it just said no ipods found...ive been looking all through the forums for days but i just cannot figure it out

[bluebrother]

I'd really suggest you using Rockbox Utility (which is the preferred install method anyway), and in case you have trouble go to About / System Info and paste the output of that dialog here (you can copy and paste from that window).

[cool_walking_]

i have no clue as to what you mean by running linux.

Linux is an Operating System, like Windows XP or Mac OS X.  sudo is a program for Linux (and other OSes).  The windows equivalent of "sudo ./ipodpatcher" would be something like "runas /user:administrator ipodpatcher.exe"